Category: Divorce

If your adult child and their spouse are divorcing, you may wonder how that will impact your relationship with your grandchildren – particularly if they’re young and depend on their parents to connect with you, either in person or via phone or video chat. You may be concerned that your child’s soon-to-be ex-spouse will interfere…

Parenting duties often aren’t equally split between married spouses. It is common for one spouse to perform more of the child-rearing obligations than the other. If you have always been the primary caregiver in your family, it’s only natural to worry that your ex may not have the right skills to take care of your…

Not all of the value of your marital estate comes from your home and your bank accounts. Personal property can also be a major source of value. Maybe for much of your marriage, you kept all of your antique furniture in climate-controlled storage because it didn’t fit the aesthetic of your marital home. Now that…

There’s more than one way to finalize your divorce, with mediation one of the best. This gives you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse full control over the process, thus allowing you to negotiate and compromise based on your specific circumstances. Knowing what to expect during divorce mediation puts you in an even better position, as you…

Quite a few people seem to believe that the only form of therapy available for couples is marriage counseling. If you and your spouse have already decided that you need to go your separate ways, rehashing the issues from your marriage with a therapist may seem like unnecessary torture. However, marriage counseling is far from…

If you have children with your ex-spouse, there’s a good chance that co-parenting is your new normal. While it doesn’t always come easy, you must put your best foot forward to maintain stability for your children. Unfortunately, problems can arise while co-parenting, such as if your ex-spouse talks poorly about you to your children. They…

Divorce is a messy process that can turn even the kindest individual into someone angry and vindictive. The more bitter and drawn-out a divorce becomes, the harder it is for the people divorcing, the children they share, their loved ones and their finances. Reducing the conflict in your divorce can go a long way toward…

Divorce can be an expensive, messy process. Legal separation may seem like a better solution to many in a difficult marriage. Legal separation can allow one spouse to reduce their financial and legal risks associated with their spouse’s activities or to qualify for benefits or aid without considering their estranged spouse’s income or assets. People…

Intense emotions are a common reaction to the end of a marriage. People often go through all the stages of grief as they come to terms with the end of their marriage. Anger, denial, deep depression and many other emotions can provoke abnormal or irrational behavior in many people going through a divorce. Letting yourself…

Your life changes the second you decide to divorce. Even if you feel that it’s in your best interest, you can’t help but think about the impact it will have on your personal life and finances in the future. There are many steps you can take to ready your finances for divorce, all of which…